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UM, AFTER CALL 30 AND, UH, THE FIRST ITEM ON THE OPEN MEETING PORTION OF THE MEETING IS A FILMING FEE PROPOSAL.UM, LISA, DO YOU WANNA, UH, GIVE EVERYBODY YOUR SUGGESTIONS? UM, UM, YES.
WE HAD, UM, WE HAD DID AN ASSESSMENT OF, UH, THE FEE PROPOSAL, UH, OF THE, UM, THE DOWN CODE OF THE FEE, THE FEE, UM, THE FEES THAT ARE SET FOR THE FILMINGS FOR THE TOWN GREENBURG.
AND AS YOU SEE ON OUR, UM, ON OUR LIST, WE ARE LAST WHEN IT COMES TO OTHER, OUR OTHER CURRENT.
UM, OTHER CURRENT, UM, MUNICIPAL TOWNS YOU THINK YOUR MUNICIPALITIES IN, IN, UM, IT'S, AND WE ONLY, UM, UH, COUNCILMAN SHEAN HAD ASKED, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE COMPARISON TO THE VILLAGES AND, UM, I SAID WE ONLY DID SPECIFICALLY TOWNS.
UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, THE COMPARISON AND, AND WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ONE, THAT WE CAN, UM, HAVE THE BOARD VOTE ON INCREASING OUR FEES SO THAT WE ARE MORE COMPETITIVE WITH OUR NEIGHBORING TOWNS.
WHAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION? SURE.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS, UM, NUMBER FOUR, PROPOSE A FEE ADJUSTMENT.
SO INSTEAD OF IT BEING FOUR, 600 FOR PRIVATE, RIGHT, FOUR PROPOSED FOUR, THAT'S SIX.
OH, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? I'M SORRY.
UM, INSTEAD OF IT BEING, UH, 600 FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY, WE WANNA INCREASE IT, UM, WE WANNA DOUBLE IT TO 1200.
AND THEN FOR PUBLIC PROPERTY, INSTEAD OF IT BEING 700, WE WANNA DOUBLE IT TO 1400.
AND WE ARE KEEPING, UM, STUDENTS AND, UM, UH, WE'RE KEEPING STUDENTS THE SAME, YOU KNOW, UM, AND, UH, NOT-FOR-PROFITS THE SAME.
UM, WE ARE JUST INCREASING AGAIN, UM, THE FEE FEE THAT WILL GO TO THE TOWN.
'CAUSE THIS IS SOLELY IN, UM, IN, UH, UNDER MY PURVIEW.
SO I'M LOOKING AT THE ANALYSIS THAT YOU DID HERE.
SO THIS IS PER DAY, $3,000 PER DAY OR PER FILM FILMING? PER DAY.
NORTH CASTLE HAS 3000 PER DAY.
AND HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE? I'M SORRY.
SO WHY, IF WE'RE TRYING TO BE COMPARABLE.
YOUR, HOW MANY, UH, FILM PERMITS ARE, DO WE SEND OUT A YEAR? DO WE GIVE OUT A YEAR AT A MINIMUM? ONE A MONTH.
WELL, SO THAT PUTS US TOWARDS THE LOW END OF THE MIDDLE.
OKAY, THAT'S EXACT, THAT'S EXACT.
AND STUDENTS, UM, WOULD, AND NONPROFITS WOULD REMAIN THE CURRENT RATE.
DO RYE SOM AND OING, I SEE SET FEES BASED ON PRODUCTION, SCOPE, DURATION, AND IMPACT.
DO THEY HAVE A MINIMUM FEE AND THEN INCREASE IT BASED IF A PROJECT, YOU KNOW, IS DIFFICULT TO SET UP, DIFFICULT TO TAKE DOWN, ESSENTIALLY.
UM, I, I CAN GIVE THE EXAMPLE OF RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE A PERMIT THAT'S GONNA COME IN AND THEY WANT TO SHUT DOWN ONE 19 EXIT
THAT'S NOT ONLY IT, IT'S BIG, BIG, BUT IT'S TOO MUCH OF A TRAFFIC DISRUPTION.
UM, SERGEANT FONTELLA SAID, ABSOLUTELY NOT, BUT THE STATE OF NEW STATE OF NEW YORK SAID, SURE.
SO, BUT EVEN THOUGH THE STATE SAYS IT'S OKAY, IT STILL HAS TO WORK WITH THE MUNICIPALITY MM-HMM
IN ORDER TO, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA SEND THEIR STATE PEOPLE TO RUN THE ROAD THEY'RE SENDING THE MUNICIPALITY TO.
SO, UM, WELL, THE STATE SAYS IT'S OKAY, AS LONG AS THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY SAYS IT'S OKAY.
WE, WE HAVE RIGHT, FIRST, RIGHT.
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THE VILLAGES, WHICH IF THEY, THEY WANT THIS PARTICULAR AREA.SO WHY, WHY, WHAT'S THE LOGIC BEHIND ONLY TOWNS DOING TOWNS, EVEN THOUGH EVEN TOWNS THAT AREN'T ANYWHERE NEAR US VERSUS THE NEIGHBORING VILLAGES? UM, AGAIN, JUST MAKING THE, IT WAS LITERALLY JUST MAKING A COMPARISON OF TOWNS, NOT, NOT EVEN, I'M NOT GONNA SAY I DIDN'T TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE VILLAGES.
IT'S, IT'S JUST THAT, UM, IT WAS JUST A, A, A, A TOWN COMPARISON ALSO, UM, ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE.
UM, I'M NOT GONNA SAY THAT IT DID NOT HAVE VILLAGES, BUT IT, I AGAIN, JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE COMPARISON WITH TOWNS.
SO MAYBE YOU CAN TAKE THE QUESTION WAS WHY THAT'S, THAT WAS MY QUESTION IS WHY, BECAUSE I ASKED YOU TO DO THE VILLAGES AND YOU SAYS, NO, WE'RE JUST DOING TOWNS.
AND I JUST WANNA KNOW THE LOGIC OF THAT.
WELL, I THINK I JUST, WELL, I DIDN'T ASKED ME TO DO THE VILLAGES.
I REMEMBER, I MISUNDERSTOOD THE, UM, UH, THE STATEMENT.
SO YEAH, IT'S NO PROBLEM FOR ME TO, SO I JUST WANT YOU TO MENTION THAT, LIKE WITH THE VILLAGES, I THINK THAT THEY SCOUT OUT PARTICULAR VILLAGES FOR A PARTICULAR LOOK OR WHATEVER.
I DON'T THINK IT'S BASED ON COST PER SE.
UM, I MEAN, AS A TOWN, THEY'RE STILL GOTTA PAY, THEY'RE STILL A FEE.
THEY'RE LOOKING LIKE A, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY CORRELATIVE TO KNOW WHAT THE VILLAGES ARE CHARGING BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA GO TO THE VILLAGES IF THEY WANT A SPECIFIC VILLAGE LOOK.
SO WHAT WE CHARGE, I THINK IN TERMS OF OTHER TOWNS, SORT OF, THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME BECAUSE IT'S MORE VARIED.
LIKE THERE'S MORE OF A VARIETY OF DEMO, YOU KNOW, UH, LOCATIONS AND TERRAIN AND DIFFERENT THINGS.
LIKE
I MEAN, IT'S THE SAME LINE, RIGHT? WELL, YEAH, BUT SNI I MEAN, WE'RE UNIQUE WHEN WE HAVE SIX VILLAGES.
SO, SO WHY WOULDN'T WE COME HERE? YEAH, I, WE CAN.
SO JUST VERY QUICK, QUICK, AS I WAS LOOKING ON HERE, UM, IRVINGTON, THEY CHARGE $190 PER POLICE PER DAY.
LET ME SEE, I'M LOOKING RIGHT ON HERE.
UM, I'M LOOKING VERY QUICKLY JUST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
SO, UH, IRVINGTON CHARGES $1,000 PER DAY FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY AND $5,000 PER DAY FOR PUBLIC PROPERTY.
SO I THINK IT'LL BE GOOD TO SEE WHAT THE VILLAGE IS, BECAUSE REMEMBER, WE STILL OWN ONE.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANNA MAKE IT SEEM LIKE, OKAY, YOU'VE COME TO THE UNINCORPORATED AREA, YOU'RE PAYING $5,000, BUT YOU GO TO THE VILLAGES, YOU'RE PAYING A HUNDRED DOLLARS, NO PROBLEM.
I'LL BRING, I'LL BRING THE VILLAGE, UM, THE VILLAGE, UM, FEES TO YOU.
BUT THAT WAS JUST ONE EXAMPLE.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE HIGH, THAT'S SAME AS NORTH CASTLE
DO YOU EVER, UH, PUBLICIZE, UH, OR IS THERE LIKE A, A WAY PEOPLE COULD FIND OUT, UH, IN ADVANCE WHEN THERE'S GONNA BE FILMING? BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT BE CURIOUS AND THEY WANT TO SEE MY LOOKALIKE LEONARDO TO CUT
SO, UM, PART OF THE FILMING, UH, PERMIT, UM, THERE IS A REQUIRED NOTICE TO NEIGHBORS.
IT'S, IT'S A REQUIREMENT I'M TALKING ABOUT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
LIKE, I KNOW IN OUR LEY THEY HAD, UH, A, A FILM FILMING, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, NOT BEEN A COUPLE YEARS AGO, IT WAS LAST YEAR.
IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS AT A GAS STATION AND THE WHOLE COMMUNITY SHOWED UP BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO SEE IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW SOMETIMES THEY, UH, RENT OUT SPACE AT THE GREENBURG PARKS.
I THOUGHT PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT.
AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A NICE, UH, YOU KNOW, NICE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO AT LEAST BE, BE TOLD IN ADVANCE, OH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PHONE AT THE GREENBURG PARKS, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
WELL, NOT JUST FOR THAT REASON, LIKE, FOR TRAFFIC REASONS TOO, LIKE REASONS TOO.
LIKE I KNOW IN DOBS FERRY, 'CAUSE IT'S MUCH MORE SMALL AND CONGESTED YEAH.
THAT THEY WOULD HAVE FILMINGS AND NOT TELL ANYBODY, AND THEN PEOPLE WOULD GET UPSET BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GET PARKING OR, YOU KNOW, DRIVE THROUGH TOWN OR DRIVE THROUGH THE VILLAGE.
SO IT'S GOOD TO TELL RESIDENTS IT'S HAPPENING.
AND THEN THEY HAVE THE SIGNAGE OUT SO YOU CAN TELL THE SIGNAGE AND ALL THAT STUFF.
SO, OR IS IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE FILM CREW WANTS.
IF THEY'RE TRYING TO GET A, YOU KNOW, A QUIET SCENE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA GET THAT AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE MORE TRAFFIC BY TELLING PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA WANT TO GO AND SEE IT.
I THINK YOU HAVE TO DO IT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS BASED ON WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO FILM.
AND ONE YEAR I THINK I WAS ABLE TO GET, UM, THE, YOU KNOW, PHONE PRODUCER TO, UH, DONATE LIKE FREE FOOD TO, WE HAD A, THEY, THEY, THERE WAS SO MUCH INCONVENIENCE IN THE, IN THE HARD SCALE BECAUSE THEY WERE DOING IT IN FRONT OF A HARD SCALE TRAIN STATION.
DO YOU REMEMBER? RI DON'T, YEAH, SO WE GOT
AND PRESUMABLY THAT DONATION WAS PART OF A RESOLUTION, UH, ACCEPTING.
NO, THEY DONATED THAT, UH, FOOD TRUNK AND THEN THEY, WE, WE GAVE IT TO, UH, GAVE FREE FOOD TO EVERYBODY AND, UH, HEART SALE.
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OKAY.LISA, WHAT ELSE DO YOU HAVE? UH, NO, JUST THE, UM, THAT'S ALL, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO PRESENT.
UM, I'LL GET THE VILLAGES AND, UM, I ALSO HAVE HERE THE CODE, BUT WHEN I DO THE VILLAGE'S AMOUNTS, UM, I'LL ALSO HAVE THE CODE THERE FOR YOU BECAUSE THE CODE HAS TO BE, UM, HAS TO REFLECT THE NEW, UM, SO YOU'RE GONNA UPDATE THE CODE? YES.
I ACTUALLY HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION THOUGH, AND JOE HAS A QUESTION TOO.
SO DO WE WANT TO BE, IS THAT WHERE WE WANNA BE IN TERMS OF OUR FEES? WE WANT TO BE ON THE LOW END OF THE MIDDLE.
UM, DO WE WANT TO BE HIGHER THAN THAT OR DO WE WANNA LIKE, LOOK, I MEAN, IT IS A GOOD POINT TO LOOK AT THE VILLAGES AND THE VILLAGES ARE VERY HIGH, AND MAYBE WE WANT TO BE SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN THAT BECAUSE IT'LL ATTRACT MORE IF THAT'S WHAT WE, I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK WE NEED TO SEE THE DATA FIRST YEAH.
BEFORE WE CAN MAKE A DECISION.
UM, LIKE I SAID, EVEN JUST, EVEN JUST MAKING THE COMPARISON TO, AND I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT, UM, COUNCILMAN SHEEN.
UM, AS FAR AS JUST EVEN THAT COMPARISON, AGAIN, STILL SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER
I'LL DO THE REST OF THE RESEARCH.
UH, NOW THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT SOME PLACES CHARGE PER OFFICER, UH, ARE WE SUPPOSED TO CONSUME THAT, UM, ASSUME THAT, UH, COSTS IN OUR FILM PERMIT? OR DO WE HAVE NOT AT ALL SOMETHING FOR THE NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS AS WELL? YES.
SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE'VE MADE THE SAME COMPARISON FOR FILMING AS WE DID FOR, UM, FOR ELECTIONS.
SO WE GET A BREAKDOWN OF OVERTIME, UM, THAT THEY'RE PAID PER HOUR, AND THEN WE GIVE THAT TO THE FILMING COMPANY AND WE TELL 'EM THAT THEY'LL HAVE THIS OFFICER FOR THIS AMOUNT OF TIME AND, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE AND WE'LL, IF YOU NEED SOMEBODY ON TRAFFIC.
SO WE'RE DOING IT THE SAME PRICING, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD THAT WE DID FOR, UH, THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
I ASSUME IT'S NOT THE ACTUAL OFF THE, THE OFFICER'S ACTUALLY THE SALARY, IT'S USUALLY THE SALARY OF A FIRST GRADE POLICE OFFICER, NOT A FIRST GRADE.
UM, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT LIKE A A A FOIL WHERE YOU USE YOUR LOWEST, YOUR LOWEST PAID.
IT IS, UH, IT'S, UM, UH, IT, IT ACTUALLY DEPENDS ON THEIR NEED.
SO IF, IF THE ONLY, UH, OFFICER THAT IS AVAILABLE HAPPENS TO BE A SERGEANT, SUCH AS OUR TRAFFIC, UM, UH, PERSON, UM, OUR SERGEANT, UH, FONTELLA FOR OUR TRAFFIC AND, UM, VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT.
SO IF HE'S THE ONLY ONE, YOU KNOW, AVAILABLE ON THE DAYS THAT HE NEEDS IT, THEN HE'LL, HE'LL GET HIS SALARY.
DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMAN? IT IS.
BUT, UH, IF THAT'S WHAT IT IS, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
UM, BECAUSE, UH, IT WAS, UM, THIS IS HOW IT WAS PRESENTED TO ME AS FAR AS, UM, AGAIN, DID NOT REALIZE THAT THEY CHARGED PER, YOU KNOW, PER OFFICER.
UM, COMPARED TO WHAT WE DID FOR ELECTIONS.
UM, NEXT CENTRALLY I NEW WORK FOR CONED.
ELLEN, WE HAVE CONED SITTING JOINING US AT THE TABLE.
HAVE COUNSEL, COUNSEL, COUNCILMAN, I'M HEADING BACK.
I SHOULD BE THERE AT 10 MINUTES.
IF YOU DON'T MIND INTRODUCING YOURSELF FOR YEAH, GOOD EVENING.
UM, MY COLLEAGUE RANDY DO WITH EDISON ALSO AND LAURA RIZZO WITH, UH, REGIONAL COMMUNITY AFFAIRS FOR CON MEDICINE.
SO WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING A, A GAS VAN REPLACEMENT PROJECT ON CENTRAL PARK AVENUE, UM, RIGHT AROUND THE, UM, ARLEY ROAD INTERSECTION HEADING NORTH.
UM, THE PROJECT LIMITS DO END UP AT, UM, UNDERHILL ROAD AND OLD ARMY ROAD.
UH, WE'RE DOING THIS PROJECT AHEAD OF THE NEW YORK STATE DOT RESURFACING PROJECT THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO PAVE THESE, UH, SOUTHBOUND LANES THIS YEAR.
UM, THEY HAVE GIVEN US, UH, A PERMIT TO WORK THROUGHOUT THE WINTER, WHICH THEY DON'T TYPICALLY DO.
UM, BUT IN ORDER TO TRY TO SPEED THE PROJECT UP AND COMPLETE EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO COMPLETE BEFORE THEY DO RESURFACE, WE HAD ASKED THEM FOR EXTENDED HOURS ON THE PERMIT.
AND SIMILAR TO WHAT I HEARD BEFORE, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MUNICIPALITY CONCURRENCE IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
THIS IS, UH, ON THIS, THEY DID HALF OF CENTRAL AVENUE, SO THIS IS THE OTHER HALF NOT SO YOU'RE NOT LIKE RIPPING UP THE PART THAT YOU JUST NO.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE WANNA GET DONE WHAT WE NEED TO GET DONE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO JUMP IN THERE AND BREAK THE NEWLY ROAD AFTER IT'S BATH.
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UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, RESIDENTS, BECAUSE I KNOW, UH, WHEN YOU DID THE FIRST TIER, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN APARTMENTS WHO WERE, YOU KNOW, REALLY UPSET.UM, WHAT, WHAT, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY RE MAYBE DYLAN YOU WOULD KNOW, WELL, HOW LONG IS IT GONNA BE? HOW MANY RESIDENTS WOULD BE IMPACTED? I DON'T THINK THERE'S A LOT OF APARTMENTS MORE, BUT YOU, BETWEEN LEY AND OLD ARMY ROAD.
I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY, NOT COMMERCIAL.
THERE'S OLD WHAT ABOUT, WHAT ABOUT NOT THE, WHAT ABOUT THE APARTMENT CON, BUT NEAR UNDERHILL? UH, THERE YOU HAVE THE, THE, THOSE TOWNHOUSE? YEAH, I THINK THAT'S JUST NORTH.
WE FINISHED THAT SECTION ALREADY.
NO, THERE, THERE'S ONE SOUTH, SOUTH ALSO.
YOU HAVE, IT'S ON BOTH SIDES BECAUSE I WENT ON BICYCLE.
IT'S ON ONE SIDE AND THEN YOU CROSS WHERE IT'S THE SAME OH, OH, CENTRIC PLACE.
JUST, JUST BEFORE UNDER HILL AND CAMPUS PLACE WILL BE JUST ON THE NORTH SIDE OF UNDER HILL.
I'M WONDERING, I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD, LET'S SAY YOU HAVE EXTENDED HOURS, BUT WHEN YOU GET, YOU KNOW, TO THE, YOU KNOW, THOSE APARTMENTS OH, IF, YOU KNOW, IF MAYBE YOU COULD, BUT I DON'T, BUT I DON'T THINK WE HEARD THEIR ASK YET.
SO I'M GONNA LET YOU CONTINUE ASK ONLY 'CAUSE I JUST HEARD WHAT YOU ASKED WAS, SO YEAH, NO PROBLEM.
I THINK YOU SHOULD JUST FINISH IT.
YEAH, IT'S, UH, IT'S NOT, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO WORK, UM, OVERNIGHT.
UH, IT'S MORE OF A CURRENT NINE TO TWO SCHEDULE TO LIKE AN EIGHT TO SIX SCHEDULE AND INCLUDE A SATURDAY AS WELL, CORRECT? YES.
SO, SO HOW LONG IS THE PERMIT FOR NOW AND HOW SHORT WILL IT BE IF YOU HAVE THE EXTENDED HOURS? BECAUSE THE LAST THING WE WANT TO HEAR IS YOU GET THE EXTENDED HOURS AND IT STILL TAKES YOU THAT LONG TO FINISH THE PROJECT.
SO RIGHT NOW, UM, THE PROPOSED FINISH DATE IS AROUND THE MIDDLE OF JUNE.
UH, WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THAT UP TO THE END OF MAY WITH THE EXTENDED HOURS.
UM, BUT IT'S ALSO BASED OFF OF THE STATE SCHEDULE.
UH, THEY DID LET US KNOW THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO MOVE IN AND START PREPPING FOR THEIR PAVING, WHICH INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE TO REPLACE SOME CURVES OR CASTINGS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND THEN BASICALLY THEIR SCHEDULE IS GONNA OVERRIDE HOURS.
SO IF THEY ARE READY TO MOVE IN, UH, SOONER THAN THEY HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED, THAT WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO WRAP UP WHERE WE'RE AT AND KIND OF GET OUTTA THEIR WAY.
SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET AS MUCH DONE AS WE CAN, UH, TO REPLACE THE OLDER PIPE, UH, SO THAT IT DOESN'T LEAK AFTER IT'S PAVED, THEN WE HAVE TO GRIP UP THE LOAD.
AND AM I HEARING YOU CORRECTLY THAT THE EX THE EXTENDED HOURS DURING THE DAY ONLY GET YOU TWO WEEKS SAVINGS? UM, I WOULD SAY, YEAH, A FEW WEEKS.
I WOULD SAY IT WOULD SAVE US A FEW WEEKS.
CAN YOU REPEAT THE HOURS ONE MORE TIME THAT YOU WERE LOOKING TO WHAT? UM, EIGHT TO SIX MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
AND WHAT TYPE OF TRAFFIC? DURING RUSH HOUR? YEAH.
WHAT TYPE OF TRAFFIC IMPACTS? BECAUSE I KNOW, UH, ON THE OTHER SIDE YOU, I WOULD BE DRIVING ON MOUNT JOY OR SOMETHING AND THEN I GOT STUCK AND THEN I DID A DETOUR AND THEN YOU WERE WORKING ON ANOTHER STREET.
THEN I GOT STUCK ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS ONE DAY IT TOOK ME LIKE AN HOUR, YOU KNOW, JUST TO, UH, GET HERE.
SO YOU'RE SAYING, ARE THERE OTHER PRODUCTS GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME? ONE LANE, WE MAINTAIN, WE MAINTAIN ONE LANE OPEN.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE, AND PEOPLE WERE REALLY, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN USED TO THE ONE LANE IN THAT AREA FOR MOST OF LAST YEAR.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING UP AND DOWN FOR THE LAST, PRETTY MUCH LAST YEAR.
AND THE REASON WHY WE HAVE MULTIPLE LOCATIONS.
WE NEEDED TO EXPEDITE THE PROJECT BEFORE THE THE STATE STARTED.
DO YOU HAVE LIKE, ANY DIGITAL BOARDS THAT WE COULD BE USING? YOU KNOW, WE WANTED SOME DIGITAL, EXTRA DIGITAL BOARDS, BUT IF WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE, UM, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC DELAYS, MAYBE IF YOU HAVE LIKE SOME EXTRA BOARDS, THEN WE COULD BE POSTING IT SAYING WORK ON CENTRAL AVENUE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, TAKE A DETOUR, YOU KNOW, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? DO YOU HAVE LIKE THESE, YOU KNOW, THESE EXTRA SIGNS? YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ACCESS TO VIDEO MESSAGE BOARDS IF THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC IF WE GOT THAT.
I MEAN IT'S, UH, THIS WORK HAS BEEN ONGOING THROUGHOUT THE WINTER.
WE'VE BEEN THERE, YOU KNOW, TODAY.
UM, I, WE WE'RE HAPPY TO POST A SIGN IF IT HELPS.
IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT IT IS.
SINCE THE WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN ONGOING THAT WE CAN JUST SHOW, YOU KNOW, THAT WE ARE EXTENDING OUR HOURS SO CAN DO SO EVERYONE'S AWARE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, YOU JUST DIDN'T ALL DECIDE WE'RE JUST GONNA EXTEND OUR HOURS.
YOU KNOW, THE THING IS IF SOMEBODY'S GOING TO SCHOOL OR IF SOMEBODY'S GOING TO THE HARSDALE TRAIN STATION OR SCARSDALE TRAIN STATION, AND THERE COULD BE SIGNS THAT, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL SIGNS.
BY THE WAY, THERE'S GONNA BE WORK FROM THESE TIMES, UH, YOU KNOW, PLAN AHEAD, YOU KNOW.
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YEAH.THEY HAVE, WE CAN POST ONE MAYBE ON THE NORTHBOUND SIDE, ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE.
MAYBE WE CAN WORK WITH, WITH THE TOWN JUST ON WHERE TO LOCATE THEM.
IF YOU GUYS WOULDN'T MIND GIVING US SOME GUIDANCE, WE TALK TO SERGEANT RACHEL.
FORGIVE ME FOR ASKING, YOU MAY HAVE MENTIONED THIS, BUT WHERE ARE YOU STORING YOUR, YOUR EQUIPMENT? BECAUSE THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH, UM, YEAH.
FORMER NEIGHBORHOOD OWNERS WITH, WITH THE STORAGE VARIOUS CENTURY, UH, VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT STORED ON THEIR STREET.
WAS THAT MARIAN? ZERO? WHAT LAUREL? I DON'T, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE OF WHERE, UH, MATERIAL OR IS IT? UM, VEHICLES.
IT WAS OFF OF NORTH WASHINGTON AVENUE.
IT'S A LITTLE STREET THAT RIGHT BEFORE CENTRAL AVENUE.
THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF STORED THERE AND THEN THE RESIDENTS CAME, REMEMBER? YEAH, WE GOT IT MOVED.
THIS IS, UM, THIS IS SMALL PIECE OF EQUIP.
THERE'S STILL, THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT RIGHT AWAY IS PRETTY WIDE.
UH, WE'RE WORKING ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE.
THERE'S A LOT MORE ROOM FOR US TO LEAVE MATERIALS AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE WORK WITH, UM, THE BUSINESS OWNERS AND THE UM, THE LANDLORDS OF THE PROPERTIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHEN WE'RE UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MOVING ALONG.
'CAUSE WE KIND OF GOTTA BRING THE STORAGE WITH US SURE.
UM, I'M GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION.
UM, IS CONED ALSO DOING THE GIBSON AVENUE, UH, OLD ROAD PROJECT OR IS THAT A DIFFERENT COMPANY? NO, IT'S ALL THEM.
UM, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE LAY OF THE LAND THERE, UM, AS OF YET.
I KNOW WE HAVEN'T STARTED THERE, BUT, UM, I IT'S JUST, YOU JUST, YOU GUYS JUST LEFT YOUR BULLDOZER AND I GOT A BIG TRUCK, SO WHEN I TURN THE CORNER IT'S LIKE OKAY.
IT WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD IDEA IF WE DROVE WITH FONTELLA SERGEANT FONTANELS, JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S OKAY.
AND THEN YOU, YOU GUYS, IT'S NOT CONED DOING THE WORK.
SO SO WHAT WILL THE TRUCKS BE? THEY BE, UM, SO THAT WE HAVE GRACE IS THE, UH, GRACE INDUSTRIES IS THE COMPANY THAT WE HAVEN'T STOLEN THE PIPE.
NOW THERE MAY BE SOME CONED VEHICLES THERE.
UM, 'CAUSE WE HAND THAT OFF TO GAS OPERATIONS.
THEY'LL COME IN AND DO THE LIVE WORK.
WHICH IS, UM, YOU KNOW, TRANSFERRING THE SERVICES OVER TO THE NEW GAS ROOM.
UM, AND THEN, AND THEN OUR GUYS FROM GRACE WILL COME BACK AND DO THE, UM, BACKFILL TEMPORARY RESTORATION.
AND GRACE IS ALL, UM, ID THAT THEY CAN TELL THEY HAVE DECALS AND EVERYTHING.
THE TRUCKS ARE ALL LABELED BACKHOE.
AND YOU GUYS ALSO UTILIZE THE GREENBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT? WE DO, YES.
THEY, THEY'RE ALONE NONSTOP TRAFFIC CONTROL.
YOU WANT ME TO LEAVE THESE BEHIND OR YOU WANT ME TO GET 'EM HERE? DID YOU NEED 'EM? I MEAN, WE CAN TAKE 'EM.
I JUST HAD A QUESTION IN TERMS, UH, THIS THANK YOU.
I WAS JUST THINKING THE LINWOOD, YOU KNOW, OUR CROSSWALK, YOU KNOW, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT LAST YEAR.
WE WERE, WE WERE LOOKING AT LEY ROAD AND LINWOOD.
GINA, DO YOU HAVE ME MUTED AGAIN? IS THAT GONNA BE, IS THAT CROSS? NO, WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING UP LIKE THE SAME TYPE OF CROSSWALK SIGN THAT WE DID.
EDGE ONE, WAIT, OLD LEY ROAD AND EDGEMONT ROAD.
AND THEN WE WERE, I THINK THE ECC HAD RECOMMENDED ANOTHER ONE, YOU KNOW, ON LINWOOD AND R LEE ROAD.
WE MET, YEAH, WE, WE MET LAST YEAR.
WHERE, WHAT'S LIKE THE STA LIKE, SO WE, WE HAVE, UH, THE GROUP'S LIST.
UM, THERE WAS A MEETING LAST WEEK, UM, AND WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING THROUGH THAT LIST.
KNOW AND WHAT MEETING AND WHO WERE YOU MEETING WITH? SO IT WAS, UH, DYLAN.
ECC, MYSELF, GARRETT
SO DO, DO YOU THINK THAT'S GONNA BE DONE THIS YEAR? WOULD YOU GUESS THAT ONE, I KNOW WE'RE GONNA DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO WORK THROUGH THE LIST.
THEY ALWAYS COME UP WITH AN EXCELLENT LIST.
UM, AND WE SENT, WE REVIEW THESE THINGS AND UH, AGAIN, WE MET IN HOUSE THIS WEEK AND WE'RE STARTING TO TAG.
WE DID WATER, A LOT OF MATERIAL.
SOME OF IT YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T WE DID LAST YEAR.
SOME OF IT DOES TAKE TIME, UM, TO GET, BUT IT'S, IT'S AN ONGOING PROCESS.
OH YEAH, NO, THAT'S DEFINITELY IN FACT.
NO, THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG ONE BECAUSE WHEN I'M DRIVING ON RZ ROAD, I ALWAYS SEE PEOPLE WALKING, CROSSING, UH, GLENWOOD AND LEY ROAD.
AND I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE REALLY THRILLED WHEN THAT'S WHEN THAT'S UP.
NO, THEY REALLY DO COME UP, UH, WITH A VERY GOOD GROUP OF SUGGESTIONS.
AND AGAIN, WHEN YOU SAY THEY RICH, WHEN YOU SAY THEY, WHO YOU TALKING ABOUT? ECC.
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OH, OKAY.THE, THE EDGEMONT COMMUNITY COUNCIL.
WE'VE BEEN, WE MET REGULARLY SOME TIME AGO AND THEN THERE WAS A MEETING LAST WEEK WHERE WE GO OVER THE UPDATED LIST AND, AND SO YOU'RE PHASING IT IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS WHAT I'M HEARING? YEAH.
YOU HAPPY? YEAH, I GOT SOME QUESTIONS ON THAT, BUT I'LL, I'LL TALK TO YOU OFFLINE.
QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS ON WHAT? I COULDN'T SEE THAT DYLAN.
IS IT SOMETHING I SAID ON, ON THE, THE CONED PRESENTATION? WE OH, THE CONED PRESENTATION.
NEXT, UH, BLACK HISTORY MONTH RECOGNITION AT ELLEN.
SHE'S STILL, I THINK THAT'S JUST AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE, UH, RECOGNITION WILL BE ON FEBRUARY 26TH.
THE SIXTH AT THE TOWN BOARD MEETING.
SO THEN IS THERE, UH, ANY OTHER OPEN MEETING ITEMS? NO.
CAN I MAKE A MOTION TO GO, UH, INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR PURPOSES OF DISCUSSION? BEFORE YOU MAKE THAT MOTION? I HAD TO RUN OUT.
I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW I HAD TO RUN OUT IN AN EMERGENCY, BUT I WAS ON THE PHONE THE WHOLE TIME, SO I HEARD THE MEETING AND NOW I'M BACK FOR THE REST OF IT.
MOTION FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR PURPOSES OF DISCUSSING TWO PERSONAL MATTERS INVOLVING PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS TO INTERVIEW POTENTIAL APPOINTEES TO THE LIBRARY BOARD AND SEEK LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING PENDING AND CURRENT LITIGATION.
UM, I'M SORRY, PAUL, BUT IS SOMEBODY PLAYING SOMETHING IN THE BACKGROUND? NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.